Hiking, Backpacking & Urban Walking
Clubwide Activity Standard - Hiking
A link to the board-approved minimum standards for hiking activities.
Clubwide Activity Standards - Backpacking
A link to the board-approved minimum standards for backpacking activities.
Clubwide Activity Standards - Urban Walking
A link to the board-approved minimum standards for urban walking activities. In February 2022, Branch Leadership Committee approved updated, standalone Hiking Standards and Backpacking Standards. Following that update, these standards apply to Urban Walking only. They will be updated to remove Hiking & Backpacking once standalone Urban Walking Standards are developed.
Hiking and Backpacking Summit Notes and Materials
This folder is for storing the minutes and decisions made by any organization-wide summits of the Hiking and Backpacking Committees. Note: summits, under Mountaineers governance, are critical to receiving the input of our activity experts, but the authority to make organization-wide decisions affecting things like the minimum standards is vested with the Board, generally through the Managing Committee (aka "Branch Leadership Committee").
Sharing participant information among activity leaders
This is a how-to document aimed at activity leaders, describing some features of the Mountaineers website for recording participant performance information from past activities and looking up such information for prospective participants in future activities. This is particularly important for hiking and backpacking where there are not formal course prerequisites that can help leaders assess qualifications.
Hike Leader-Participant Contact Samples
Contains sample emails used to announce a day hike, questions for screening participants, event details, and a take-along roster format.
Format-hike leader emails.docx
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Foothills Hiking-Backpacking Committee
Tools, methods and resources that we have found useful in our committee
Seattle Branch Hiking Committee
Resource materials used to support new hike leader training, hiking courses, hike scheduling and beginning hiking seminars.
Tacoma Hike and Backpack Documents
Guides and presentations that may be of use to other Hike and Backpack programs
Exercises for Healthy Hiking by Dr. Michael Domingo, DPT, OCS
Presentation from Dr. Michael Domingo. Linked in an August 2018 blog by Chris Ensor.
Exercises_Healthy_Hiking.pdf
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